Magic Mushrooms, Edibles Microdose

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In First Human Trial, Mushroom Edibles Extract
Cures HPV Infections Could a Japanese mushroom
extract be the cure for HPV, the virus that
causes cervical cancer? Its a potential
breakthrough in treating the currently
untreatable human papilloma virus (HPV) one
that comes directly from nature. At a recent
Society for Integrative Oncology conference,
Judith A. Smith, a pharmacist and an associate
professor at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston Medical
School. Presented the results of a mushroom
edibles small study that found the supplement
active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) can
eliminate the HPV virus. The nutritional
supplement is made from Japanese
mushrooms. Smith noted that HPV is linked to 99
percent of cervical cancers cases, as well as
cases of many other potentially fatal cancers. As
it stands, there are no medications or
supplements that can effectively treat
HPV. Patients who learn that they have HPV, and
their doctors, are understandably frustrated
because all we can do is monitor them for the
abnormal changes associated with cancer.
What we need is a safe, effective treatment for
HPV before the cancer occurs, Smith said in a
press statement. In the study, 10 women who had
tested positive for HPV were given AHCC once a
day for up to six months. Upon retesting, five
came back negative for the virus.
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In three of those women, the HPV stayed at bay
after stopping AHCC treatment. The other two
patients who tested negative are still in the
study, aiming to complete a six-month treatment
course of AHCC. With this study, for the first
time, weve shown its possible to eradicate HPV
in women using AHCC for only three months or up
to six months, Smith said. An official phase II
randomized, placebo-controlled trial is now
underway at Houston Medical School. Is AHCC Safe
to Use? Do these results mean that doctors might
one day recommend AHCC as a treatment for
HPV? If the larger study confirms our results,
then yes, a clinician could recommend using AHCC
as a nutritional supplement to treat HPV
infections, Smith said. Dr. Serena Chen,
director of the division of reproductive
endocrinology at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in
New Jersey, warns that the extract is not
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. She said it could be hard to
find AHCC in the form, purity, and dose that were
used in Smiths study. Chen cited evidence that
supplements mushroom edibles can be tainted with
other agents, so people need to be careful about
consuming them unless the company adheres to
certain production standards. It is hopeful
that this may eventually yield a treatment for
HPV, but too early for actual clinical use at
this time, Chen said. Studies have already
confirmed how AHCC operates in the immune system.
It boosts the amount of natural killer cells,
dendritic cells, and cytokines all types of
cells that help the body fight infections and
suppress tumor growth.